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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OF-OUR iL RTIES, AND IF IT MUST FALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST THE RUINS." SIMKINS, DURISOE-& CO., Proprietors. EDO-EFIELD . C., JULY 6, 1859. VOLUME XXIV.--No. 26. The Merry Laugh. I love to hear a merry laugh, Out-ringing wild and free, As loats the music of the winds Across the sunny sea. The merry laugh goes hand in hand, With happiness and mirth; And at its silvery toned command Joy nestles round eacL hearth. The merry laugh bespeaks a heart With noble feelings warm, One that will bravely do its part In sunshine or in storm. * The music of a merry laugh Sets aged hearts aglow, The smiles gleam o'er-the wrinkled brow, Like sunlight on the snow. Then let the merry laugh ring out Upon the balmy air, And let its gladness put to rout The bold intruder-Care. THE MANIAC'S CONFESSION. A few years ao I visited an insane asylum. The woman in charge conducted me through various apartments, giving us all the informa tion in regard to the occ.upants she was able, and kindly answering all the questions, until we came to a room where one of the patients bad lately died, and now lay awaiting the dis posal of her friends, who had been apprized of her decease. We entered and gazed reve rently upon the face of the sleeper. She was a woman in the prime of life and bore traces of great beauty. What great sorrow had bereft this beautiful creature of her reason ? and by what relative, and for what motive, had she been incarcerated in this living tomb, were queries which were in my mind as I gazed upon her lifeless remains. My eyes involuntarily wandered over the apartment. A little table stood in the corner, beneath the grated window. A Bible lay upon it, and as I took it up a paper slid from between the leaves and fell at my feet. I raised it. It was a closely written sheet, and a glance convinced me that it was some sort of a revelation which had been written there .during the last hours of the life that had fled. "What is this?" I asked, as I held up the paper. " Oh that is probably some of Aggy's scrib bling. 'She used to call for pen and paper, and she would write over several sheets, and then destroy them. That is probably one of them-of no consequence, I presume," said the woman. I asked if I might retain it. "Why, yes, if you wish to," she replied. left the premises. "What could you possibly want of that crazy woman's scribbling ?" my companion asked, as we left the building. "I fancy there is something here worth preserving," I replied. Let us examine it. As we rode hameward, I read it aloud to my friend. It was written in a trembling hand, and read as follows: " I was the only and idolized daughter of wealthy parents. .1 possessed a haughty and imperious temper which was never subdued or restrained. My parents were not religious, and no care. was taken to impress upon my mind religious truths. Consequently I grew up unprincipled and extremely passionate. While every pains was taken with my educa tion and accomplishments, my heart was left to run wild, overgrown and choked by the briars and thorns of selfishness and love of tyranny; yet I was passionately attached to may friends, and as long as they did not cross m'y imperious will I got on nicely with them. " Thus I grew to womanhood. Chances threw me into the society of a young lawyer of distinguished abilities, who had begun what was predicted to be a brilliant career. I soon learned to love him with all the depth of my passionate and impulsive nature; and he was wild with joy, when one day he came to me, and in elegant language told me how long and devotedly he had loved me, and asked me to be his wife. " We were married. If I occasionally felt a twinge of distrust of my own qualifications for a wife, I soon silenced it with the argu ment thsat my love was strong enough to make up for all deficiencies. " My husband was all that was good, and noble, and generous. I was often passionate and unreasonable. But he would take me to his bosom, kiss me so tenderly, and say so gently, " You mgst subdue this unhappy ,tem per, Aggy. It% making you miserable." " Then when he was gone, I would fly to *my chamber, lock the door, and give mnysell up to an uncontrollable fit of weeping for very shame. *" We had been married about a year One evening (would to God I could blot from the record of time that fatal night; but it lives like a hissing fiery serpent in my memory, and has doonged mi to utter despair in this world, and I fear the next 1) my husband did not return at the usual hour. I watched long at my accustomed place, at t'e parlor window. flis.slippers and dressing gown were warming by the grate, and everyhmg was in readiness for him; but he did not come. Twi-light deepenedi into darkness, and I began to grow uneasy. All my selfish feelings were roused, and t felt myself sorely grieved. An honr more, yer, he came not. I paced up and downi the floor in a fit of impatience. A ring at the door, I waited to hear his step upon the stair.s; but it was a lighter step than his, accompa nied by the rustling of silk. It was Nellie B-, an intimate friend, bounded in. She was dressed for the opera. She said their car riage waited at thedoor for myself and Ernest. I told her Ernest had not yet returned from his office, and I could not go. She looked disappointed, A sudden thought seized me. Would it not be capital revenge for his neg lect o nme to find the parlor deserted when he came ? I went to the opera. We were scarcely seated in our box when a p arty en tered a boxopposite. The blood rushed back to my heart, and' my pulse stood still as I recognized Ernest, my Ernest, my husband, and leaning upon his arm one of the most beautiful young creatures my eyes ever beheld. . This was my first impression, for there quick ly followed so deadly and jealous a hatred as made her look positively ugly. 1 quickly drew downx my veil hat my hiusband might not discover me, and from my concealment I watjihed them with glaring eyes. I heard nothing, saw nothing, else; and once when rallied by my companions, I replied that I was not well, and begged to be left to -nyself. " Then 'with the fiereeness of a tiger fearful of losing his prey, I turned my eyes towarhl my husband and his "guilty paramour." She seemed to be enjoying the performance mi tensely, but he seemed to see nothing but her His head was bowed towards he-, and she would -occasionally lift her eyes to his face Then I saw him smile (just as he had smiled *upoi me a thousand times,) while he beni still lower over her with renewed devotion. " Each movement was like a'red hot daggel yirig ia rt knew not what demoz - I ....a a smil evenge. 'Twas bet ter, I reasoned, that he should die while ve there existed in his heart a spark of love foi me, than to see him little by little drawn awaj by the syren, till perhaps I should be utterlj deserted, and left with all my blind love eat gin away my heart strings like a consuminE fire. " At my request we left the opera at at early hour, and with a terrible purpose I en tered my home. But what was that home tc me ? The love that had brightened it was nc longer mine. Some demon furnished me with resolution to execute my desperate pur. pose. "It had been our custom sometimes tc drink a glass of sweet wine of an evening when we were alone. I drew the table to the fire, placed the decanter and glasses. Ther with trembling hands I brought a deadlj opiate, the nature of which I well knew, The first effect it produced was a deep sleep, which in a few hours terminated in the still sleep of death. I filled the glasses and into one I dropped the drug. AL was done with rapidity, lest my resolution shbuld fail me. "When all is ready I paced up and down the room, nursing the fires which raged within my bosom, by recounting to myself my idol. ized husband lying still and weeping. Then I drew another picture. I saw him drawn from me, giving his love to another. I thought of all the agony I had suffered that night, and imagined how much deeper would be my wrong if I spared him. At that moment I heard his night key in the latch and he soon entered the room. I stood in the recess, of the window, where he did not at once observe me. The wine first atti acted his attention, the fatal glass. I saw him lift it to his lips, drain its- contents, and I fell fainting to the floor. "I knew no more for several hours. When I rallied I was lying upon the sofa; the lamp was burning' dimly-an easy chair was wheel ed to my side, and in it I saw the form of my husband. I sprang quickly up. The drug was doing its work. He was in a heavy slum ber, and already his breath came thicker and shorter, and his pulse beat but faintly. "My anger had passed away; and all the wild worshipping love which I had cherished toward my husband came .rushing back upon my heart. I chafed his hands, I kissed his lips, I strove to rouse him but all in vain. Again I paced up and down the floor, but oh! what different emotions possessed me now. " A little folded paper, which I had not before noticed, and lying upon the table, caught my eye. Scarcely knowing or caring what I did, I took it up and opened it. I saw it was the handwriting of my husband, and I eagerly read its contents. Great god of Heaven! What had I done? It was a note that Ernest had sent me, and which di-1 not arrive till after I had gone out. It ran as follows: " Excuse me, Aggy dear, from coming home to tea. My sister of whom I spoke to you this morning, has come home and has sent for me to come to her. If she is not too weary, I will take you both to the opera this evening, and will call for you at eight. Your loving HUsBAND. " Am. ar i frttim-. I remembered that he had told me in the morning vLu.car-vm., ister of his, who had been absent several years, was expected home that day. His pa rents resided in another part of the city. "He would call for me at eight." I had gone out earlier, and probably by some careless ness of the carrier, the note had not arrived before the time. I afterwards learned that he did call for me, ande being told that I had gone to the opera with some friends, and pro bably had received his note, he proceeded to that place with his sister, hoping to find me there. " A wild hope that he may yet be roused seized me, and I sprang to his side. But alasI too late! He had ceased to breath. " Oh! heaven of heavens ! what evil had my blind, passionate temper wrought on me and mine. Again I beoame insensible. "I opened my eyes. Loving, tear-stained faces bent oven me. A soft haod was gently stroking my temples, and I gazed into the face of that gentle sister, whom I had never seen save upon that fatal night. She kissed me and wispered. "Dear Aggy, you are the greatest sufferer of all. "I was told that I was found in the morn ing by the servant, lying upon the floor in sensible, and my husband reclining in his chair, dead ! "It seemed that suspicion had not rested upon myself. The coroner was called, and his verdict, " Died by the visitation of God." " Heaven only knows how I loathed and hated myself. I longed to confess the truth, but for the sake of others forbore to reveal what would have brought upon the family deep disgrace and additional grief. A long illness followed and my reason reeled. I was carried back tc my parents. I could not remain in the hous' which had been the scene of my sin and punishment. "Years passed; I grew no better, but was still trembling upon the verge of insanity, yet retaining sufficieut reason to distinctly remember my sorrow and to understand what was passing around me. What was perhaps strange, I was conscious of may mental con dition. "Years passed, and my parents both died. I was placed in the care of an uncle, who was my only natural guardian. From him I had inherited the felfish passion which had been my ruin. "For a time I lived In his house, but he found me too great a trouble, and under pre tence of solicitude for may recovery he placed me in the insane asylum. I knew it was only to get me out of his way that he might have no hindrance in possessing himself of my large fortune. But I did not object. I felt [(deserved it all. - " Tw'elve years have I spent in this re treat. Every one has been extremely kind to me. During that time I have never seen my uncle, it is almost over. I feel that I shall soon follow to that dark bourne where in my frenzy I sent my noble husband nearly twenty years ago. I have read the Bible-I have tried to pray." A few months since I visited -- Ceme tery. I found their graves. A costly monu ment marks the spot. The uncle is !.iving in possession of his niece's wealth, and it seem ingly prosperous. I have never made knokrn to any one the existence of the paper in my p)ossesion. I have learned that the family of Ernest are all dead. The dear friend who shared with me the~ knowledge of Aggy's confession also lies " beneath the sod of the valley." Hloping that it may serve as a warning tc some who may read it, I give this history to the world. UNDSa Coyvmcrlo.-A worthy elergynm from, one of the neighboring towns not long sinceofficeiated for two or three Sabbaths ir State Prison. Shortly after, when lie wam leaving church after the Sabbath services, hi was accosted by a friend and neighbor, most incorrigible wag, who recalled to mini his recent ministrations in the State Prison and with the utmost gravity informed hitr that every one of the men to whom he preach ed was under conviction., The clergyman thrown off his guard by the sanctity of day and ti e apparent seriousness of the wag, ex pressed his great pleasure at the news, am -warmly shook his hands with his friend. I was not until some time after that the trntl dawned upon his mind. We do not knom -t h:. feelin. W.= WIriAn he inlaao dhe dii covery; but venture to guess that he would have deemed conviction and sentence to the State Prison a punishment none too harsh for so atrocious a wag. Woman's Thoughts on Women. A clever English woman named Mrs. Bodi chon, in a recent treatise on " Woman and Work" in this country, is pointedly sarcastic on the censurable manner in which parents educate their daughters for matrimony here. instead of for the great business of life. We fancied that we had uttered some bitter truths on this subject; but our observations were as the " honey of Hybla" to the pointed, direct, emphatic truths she enunciates as the result of personal investigations. She speaks in this wise of the conduct of an American papa: " If he can live in some style, he counts on his daughters marrying; and if he cannot, he probably sends them to some relative in a city, who receives them for a long visit, in the hope of " getting them off." Many thousands of young girls come to the cities to stay with brothers, uncles, or friends for this purpose. A worse preparation for any serious life can not be conceived. Years of idleness are often passed in this way--years spent' in nothing but dressing and dissipating. And w) .t does it lead to? Marriag" -rhn1 nt what sort of marriages can ii. , Lned by young girls looking at the world from such a false position ? With such a beginning to life, it is almost impossible the girl can ever become a noble human being." This is caustic, and, we cannot help think ing, remarkably near the truth. We are com pelled to witness fearful illustrations of this false pride every day of our lives. No won der spinsterdom is becoming more and more populous, "g xasswidowhood" so numerous. Sensible men'dare not marry these dolls and ineflicients, and the precipitate who do wed them have no resource but subsequent flight or an appeal t, justice. "I do not blame a b'aebelor, If he leads a single life; The way the girls are now brought up ie cnn't support a wife." And if the moral portion of the commnnity, instead of confining itself to the deprecation of so many spasmodic attempts to amend all legislation on the subject of the marriage laws, would devote its energies as assiduously to the duty of fittiig the young women of this generation to become the worthy and honor able mothers of those who must be American sovereigns in the next, the result could not but be grateful to themselves and advanta geous to humanity.-N. Y. Sunday Times. Fruit. The season for eating fruit is opening, and we do not know that we can do better than to call the attention of our readers to the subject. The Southern fields and woods are full of the fruits of the trees and vines. The plum is already the glory of the nursery, with its pink and yellow stores of ripe, luscious fruit running over with the golden syrup, manufac tured in Nature's Laboratory. The cherries, with a blush equalling the glow of a maiden's ruby lips, are now nestled in the green foliage of the pride of the orchard. The world of articles of food have been cooked in the gr'at kitchen of God. Their waters have been gathered through the suction pipes' of the trees' great stems, their beautifu color has been painted by the sun, and their ripeness baked by its genial beams. The whole world of fruit is an outspread table, tempting man kind to tho banquet. The feast is a healthy, invigorating feast to which we are called ; and it is that we may know how to eNjoy it with the certainty of no evil consequences that we write. The pulp or edible part of all ripe fruit is healthy, and can be injurious only when abused by being taken at improper times, or in too large quantities. The green fruit though, which is often the desire, and too often the subject of the appetite of children, and some times of older persons, especially of yowig la dies, is very injurious to the digestive process, and consequently to health. It is almost a sure evidence of a depraved appetite, to see a person indulging in eating green fruit ; and instead of loading their stomachs with half done stuff, they bad better practice for the time the hygenic rule, to eat nothing at all, till they can relish something that is whole some. It is a great habit among people, and espe cially children, to eat the rind of the frait. No habit can be more hurtful to health. The rind of all fruit, green or ripe, is indigestible, and therefore unhealthy. it is a thick, tough, impervious skin or shield, which nature has provided to contain the part which should be eaten, and to protect it from decay. It re sists all the acids of digestion, and is an Un failing irritant to the delicate digestive organs. The rind of the plum, apple, peach-the deli cate, membranous, coverng of the roasting ar, the bean, grapes, and so on, should all be thrown away, because of their indigestible nature. Men would not think of eating the hard shell of a hickory nut or walnut, and yet the apple rind, or plumb rind, or grape rind, they think too much trouble to take off, are egpual ly as indigestible as those hard shells, and equally as injurious, if taken in the same quantity. Eat ifruit-ripe fruit in moderate quantities, and at the proper time, but throw away the rind of all kinds of fruit. The health of many a sweet child has gone- prematurely to the dust, because this rule has been noglected. Med. & Lit. Weekly. Tus Bst- SEWINGi MacmNE.-Punch, of March 5th, contains the following admirable description of an old fashioned Sewing Ma chine, which every bachelor should possess: " The very best Sewing Machine which a. man can have is a wife. it is one that requires but a kind word to set it in motion, rarely gets out of repair, makes but little noise, is seldom the cause of a dust, and, when once in motion, will go on uninterruptedly for hours, without the slightest trimming, or the smallest person al supervision being necessary. It will make shirts, darn stockings, sew on buttons, mark pocket handkerchiefs, eut Out pinafores, and manufacture children's freoks out of any old thing you may give it ; and this it will do be hind your back just as well as before your face. If it does get out of order a little from being overworked, it mends itself by being left alone for a short time, after which it re turns to its sewing with greater vigor than ever. Of course sewing machines vary a great deal. Some are much quicker than oth ers. If you are fortunate in selecting a good pat trn of a wife-one for instance, that sings whilst working, and seems never to be so hap py as when the husband's linen is in hand. In short no gentleman's establishment is cour plete without one of these Sewing Machines in the house." As ORIENTA. TAI.---There is an eastern stor of a person who had taught his parrot only these words :-" What doubt is there of that ?" H~e carried it to market for sale, fix ing the price at one hundred rupees. A Mogul ased the parrot " Are you worth one hundred rupees ?" The -parrot answered " What doubt is there of that ?" The Mogul was delighted, and .bought the bird. ie soon found out that this was all it could say. Ashamed now of his bat-gain, he Isaid to himself "I was afool to buy this bird." IThe parwt exclaimed, .as usual The Law of Marriage in South Caiuna. To the Editor of the Boston CouriW.-In the Boston Courier of June 4, some 0erva tions are made on the law of ma e in South Carolina. It is supposed to be, h some sort, peculiar; and itis remarked that 'South Carolina is a free State in this ispect, emphatically." It is true, that in that State the presence of a clergyman is not neessary to the validity of a marriage, and thit it is sufficient that the parties consent in te pre sence of competent witnesses. Such s -the law of Scotland, as will be seen in the .la p. rate judgment of Sir William Scott, i I. rymple vs. Dalrymple, 2 Haggard's Cotsist ry Reports, and, until the Council of Trntrit was the Vpcient general law of Europe that a contract per verba pa presenti (in prespnch of witnesses) constituted a valid. marriage -with out the intervention of a priest. But if in South Carolina the road to niatri mony is easy and inviting, there is no pasage out of it but through the portals of the gave. An instance of divorce has never been knbwn in South Carolina. It has been authoritative ly settled that no judicial tribunal in the State has authority to declare a decree of divotce for any cause whatsoever. If the power exists at all it is in the Legislature, which has hith erto never thought proper to exercise tl power. Further, it has been determined by.the Courts of South Carolina that a marriage solemnized in that State is indissoluble by any Court in a sister State, so as to affect the rights or condition of the partiep in South Carolina. It will be sec.. h., that itis much easier to tie the knot than to undo it. With rare exceptions, the ceremony of marriage.is, in fact, performed by a clergyman ; blut tke indissolubility of the marriage 'contract is not only part the law, but is the fixed and habitt al sentiment of the conimunity on the subj t of divorce. The policy of the State is pro bly peculiar ; but I suppose there is no mattor of law, morals or politics, upon which mo perfect unanimity prevails, and has nIw prevailed. PU.Bl. L.1 Advertising. The two first verses of the first cbapte of the Chronicles of' Success, read thus: " Who hath sadness ? Who hath wO ? Who "shineth" the streets with gloo4.of countenance and perplexity of mind? 1ho loseth the confidence and patronage of nbn, and sinketh into poverty and forgetfulnes? HE THAT ADVERTISETI NoT-He that dtbh not make himself known through the papis. He who by his neglect in this matter, dO priveth himself of. gain and secureth to litii self loss! - His business wisdom is foolishl. His lack of knowledge, aye, his stingiess sticketh out, and the discerning shun him. " Who bath gladness? Who hath joy1 Who hath agrowing business and full coffers - Who payeth his notes promptly? Who gaineth the confidence and patronace of - and riseth to affluence? Ie TISETH LIBERALLY-that thror nals af the day maketh himself ness known! He hath chosei wisdom, and his riches and h like the light of the morning. His fame extendet. His ha . reth, and he is honored and t men-particularly by printers.r So mote it be! A Hard Shell Sermi A correspondent in Mississip following as a veritable passage ..i as uicourse which he heard with his own ears, and we give it a place as a specimen of Hard Shell learning and religion. Here it is: " My Deer Breethren, you may lind my tex in the 13th chapter of' Mark, Sti and part of 9th verse. It reads somewhat thus: "For nation shall rise up against nation, and king dom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in divine plades'and there shall be famines and troubles; these arc th~ 1be ginings of sorrows. Bunt take heel to 'our slves." "And now my heere'rs, as the last prert of the tex is the most important, 1 shall conifine myself principally to that j.ortion, and as it means the same to say " Take to your heels," as to say " Take heel to yourselves," aad as that manner of sayin' is more easily inder stood, I shall take the liberty (although I am not in favor of a new Bible,) of transpoiin' it thus : " Take to your heels,i' for it is certinly meant to flee away, and nohn else. " And in the first place, my deer congrega eon, I would not have you to act like covards and run away for every little trille whenthlere is no danger. No, I would have you ttand firm, like bold soldiers. ,But, my deer frheuds, there are some things that we should be tr'eerd of and when we see theni we shiould notstand like fools and be destroyed. No, " But take to your heels I" "And, my heerers, the wars and fanines and earthquakes are niot the only things that you should b~eafeerd of. No, my deer friends, there is the wicked, the hypercrite, anud ai great many of these hollerin' and noney' preachers, and sich like. From auel,m heerers, " Take to your heels !" " But, my breethren, before you knovt wh. to be afeerd of, and when to obey tIe te you must be ab~le to tell a ginnywine Chisti: from a hyperetite. And let me tell yca hr I tell them. I tell them by the way c1' tu h their dram. You say, my hearers, ilet h hyperrite goes to take his dram li alls5 h around and enters the backdoor of th row v. r, but when' the trun ginnywine CsfD oes to take his dram he walkcs bold at& o the front door and calls for what he s like a man, anid he don't put both hadto it, the glass to keep t'other folkes from st' on how big a dram he takes. No, .my frie; but if one glass ain't enough he takes ana-, N jest like he didn't care if the wvorld seedi. Mark it, my heerers, whenever yon see ir- . fesser do that, he is a ginnywine Chrie; but when you see him a slippin' around le h backdoor jest like he was agwine to dl somethin', you may know that man's a k- W crite; and I tell you, my breethren, asi 1 love your deer souls, not to go about , " But take to your heels l?" " Andmy deer young people, there:- at other set of folks that I would chargaz w particularly to watch and .be afeerd of. a, gii my deer, tender young ladies and genthi, if any of you should ever so far forgde an teachings of your parents and your po'd sai preacher as to go to any of these big sirm meetin's, and heer the preachers beg shout and holler, and mnakin' Christians ti by rollin' you in the straw and mud, olt da me warn you not to stay there, " But tb of~ your heels I" . hi 4Ah, yes, my deer Christians, it pai&l heart to think that after I have been a -. it' er to you so long, there is great dan f na your children agwinle oil' after these ne4 ioned churches. Oh ! my deer congred in conclusion, let me exhort yon to re Bh( tex every day, both for you and your ch - for so that when ever any of y ou are likel~ an led off by any these new dioctrines it no r come up to your minds in thunde 'h " Take to your heels I"rs ' ' '.hot Tris lkv. Mr. A- 'was more e t ant in his day for the brilliancy of his imag he than the force of his logic. At one t cre was preaching on " the Ministry of ' con and in the peroration he suddenly o ,fu " I hear a whisper I" The change elst started the deacon, who sat below, bes drowy mood, and, sprinaing ,t his. too, spor- "JIW33if lA & un' de a =e I Vud Kkott Dye in Wintur. I wud not dye in wintur, When whiske punchiz do When pooty gals air skaling O'er Fealds ov ice A sno When sassidge ineet iz phrying &: Rickeri knuts is thick ! Owe! who kud think of ever dighing, Or even getting sick? I wud knott dye in spring Iicim, & miss the turn up greens, & the pooty song ov the leetle frawgs, & the ski larks arly screeins; When burds begin thnre wobbling, & laters gi-to sprout When turkies go a gobblering, I would knott then peg out. I wud knott dye in sunmur, & leeve the gard'n sass The roasted lam and butter milk The kool plase inn the grass; I wud knott dye in summer When every thing's so hot, & leeve the whiski Jew-lips Owe know! ide ruther knott. I wud knott dye in ortum, With peeches fitt for eating, When the wavy korn is getting wripe, & kandidates are treating. Phor these and utber wreasons, Ide knott dye in the phall; & sense ive thort it over, I wud knott dye a tall. Fun for the Multitude. Somebody savs, and somebody says a very good thing when he says, that " fun should be cultivated as a fine art, for it i. altogether a line thing. Who ever knew a funny man to be a bad one? On the contrary, is not he, nine times out of ten, generous, humane, social, and good ? To be sure he is. Fun is a -reat thing. It sinothes the rough places of life, makes 0the disposition fresh and rosy, scatters sunshine and flowers wherever we go, gives the world a round, jolly countenauep, makes all the girls as pretty as May roses, and mankind one of the b*est families out." And the-devout Puritan, Fuller-a glorious old saint he was, too-said that " an ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with." Or to serve man with either. Be cheerful always. Oh, be joyful! Laugh and grow fat. Be just, and fear not. Read the Drawer, and you will love and laugh ; and a man who laughs and loves, and loves to laugh, will be a good neighbor and a trusty friend.-.H arper's - agazine. STALE jokes, but well preserved, arb served up by a .. LSI the travel. .nu who can both practice and qu'eeiate a good joke. . Passing near the pantry of his boat, he lard one of the cabin-uoys indulging luiIe fely in animadversions on the ullicers and Cw. Captain lirch turned a very SecIC ctenance upon him and said, ' Young man, hereafter when vou have any tng to say about any one on the boat, please eept the Captain !" 'A few days after, th'e Captain happening tbe On deck, the same cabin-boy earried past hi a dish prepared for the table, wvhen a pet Ir, running between the bty's extremities, eipletely upset him, etlecrually disbtursing a lpepre foaod. Picking himself uap with most rueful countenance, the boy com-* eced berating the hog. "You are the srablest hog I ever Been," when, eatehing riew of the '" old man," and remembering ; inj unction, lhe added, a. except the Cap ' That boy has had a secure berth on Cap :n Birell's baoats ever since." "I IsIso to know an attorney who was hard .wiitnesse., hbut he met his mnatech in, and eeived an addition to huis' name tanim, a testy e ung lady whom he was cross exainaing. ie had aiweredl his quetuionis in a way any j' ing bait satisfactory to haim, anad finally, his a, rath being up, the foillowinag short dlialoguet k place by way of episode: d "Arrontsrv. " Young womian, there's brass 'l ough iai your face to miake a five-galion a ettle" t " Warxess. " And sap enough in your head j ,fill it, Mr. L-." " Though a wiser if' not a sadder man after e ais, lie -could not he 'in his own country' any a aing but "Sap-head L--;" and while he a e was a living contradiction of the saying ih [here's nothing in a name." t Mi. Wer.Kls wvas lost'in Newv York. He $t d walked from his hotel into the city, and it d forgetten the na'ne of the house at which It stopped. In his di-''ess he stopped a cii a and made known' his trouble. ti G' Ct youa recaill the uame of the lamlbrd, O somne one abotut the house '7" Oh yes !" said lie, " nor.- you. speak of it; Nichols-S. T. Nichols-I ntaw the tname fr 'er the door!I" The gond citizen sent him back to the " St. hiolase" ?ActAinmo aIEr.-.(tO a precocions little t rI.) " You are a very nice little girl; you d all he nly wife when you grew up !" fo Imsl~ Uua.-" No, thank you; I don't m nt to have a husband ; but Aunt Bessy does, sit ieard her say sol" -at Sensation on the part of Aunt Bessy, he punning youngster who asked his father de the theatre, if that wasn't a "hand-box H; Lere the musicians are ?" was cut off from ager snaps. . farmer charged a laired man with having f'ensive breath ; " thunder and lightning," Cc d the man, " do you exvpect a main to hreath~e wl sk roses at six dollars a month." At l'wo men, strangers to each other, met onets , and spoke to each other in mistake. One Lhem, h4piening to be an Irishman, nmade-gr apology in this manner: (., Gorrah, its all a mistake I I thought a you, and you thought it was me, bat it se5 her of us I" W allow my husband to smoke in the house? of sa me, Mrs. Blrownt, I would not stop him Jen the world I IDo yn know that when he is zhi ry with me-whe& we have been having a ble or two together, as I suppose the best of ru bands and wives occasionally have-he int< ies to his cigar and leaves me for a good a s' all to myself. It seems to relieve hiim, COn saves me an infinity of blowing up. After rna as smoked it, I can assure you the poor cha iture is quite mild, and sometimes lie will ous ae up and actually beg my/pardon! The thiu ug that I should have got is bestowed of I where. I look upon a eigar as the very stor friend a woman has, and I'm positive, twe that its the saving of an immensity of bee: .:.... Afr it..n . ....leo ....-i :.. isn r of half so oiTensive as a volley of oaths. Good gracious ine, only to think what beasts some men would be without their filthy tobacdo! There would be no going near them I declare! When all is said anid done, my dear, smoke, take my werd for it is a very fine thing. It cures- many a had temper, and preserves many a sweet one !" From the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. Louis Napoleon and Great Britan. A leading British periodical refers to the fact that long ago, at Ham, and before, Louis Napoleon repeatedly declared his belief that he was destined to restore the Empire, and to recover the old boundaries of France. Be :ore the Chamber of Peers he once said that he " represented a principle, a cause, and a defeat: the principle, the sovereignty of the people as opposed to legitimacy; the Cause, .he Empire; the defeat, Waterloo." More recently, he held up as Napoleon's strongest Itle to the gratitude of Frenchmen, that he abdicated rather than consent to her dismem herment-i. e. her confinement to her former limits. It is also said that he has more than once avowed to his intimates his determina tion to have a page of history to himself, and his idea of realizing his ambitious dream by an achievement which no one, since William, Duke of Normandy, has attempted. The same high authority has disavowed that Louis Napoleon is not the foolish imbe cile it was long the fashion to consider him. It says he is naturally shrowed, secret, and impenetrable; he has the invaluable faculty of silence; he listens to every one, asks ad vice from no one, gives his interlocutors no idea whether or not their arguments have made the least impression upon him, but re volves his plans in the gloomy recesses of his own brain, and brings themn forth matured, homogeneous and unexpected. Added to this, he is a fatalist, Oa believer in his "star," a-nd to such heights has that star led him that he may well believe there can be noth ing impossible in the future. Louis Napolan now appears in a new char acter, that of a military leader, and be may surprise the world as much by his abilities in the battle field as the cabinent. It was a hazardous undertaking to provoke a compari. sen between himielf and the greatest modern master of the art of var; but it can hardly be supposed that one so sagacious and dis creeL would have attempted such an experi ment from a mere splendid and uncalculating audacity. If, as is declared, it is Louis Na poleon who has directed the military move ments of the Allies in Italy, he has already proved himself the first general, as well as the greatest statesman of Europe. It is said to be a peculiarity of his charac te7 that he never. abandons ar idea of a pro ject he has once entertained ; that history ah1)rrl<a fow examples of such relentless and . ueause the loyalty of the ar my can only be secured by war. War rallies all clie legions to the imperial regime; war po..pones the dangers, and consolidates the power of his dynasty. Of all wars, none would be so popular with tue entire Frenci antioni as a war with England. That is a xvar which, sooner or later, must collie, if Napoleon remains on the French throne. It is 1lecilless to say that when that storm does urt, it will try the vigor and resources of lIng!and, beyond any struggle in which she las ?ver been involved. Her ancient ally, Ru.ia, alienated by the Crimean wvar, and Xustria prosti ate beneath the French armies, he -.ill have to bear the blunt alone of the nosm colossal mxilitary po~wer of~ the earth, btre(ted by the maost subtle, daring, anid de ermiined spirit of the age. It is well for her ~o be distrustful, wary, and vigilant. There sa n telhing when the head of the reoupi d'etat vill atrike. PruosP'ECTs OF TnEC WAn.--The New York mrit/ P'ost in refe.rring to the peace proposi ons which :are staxted in our details ot forelin ews remnaks; " hswar is niot a mecre trial of skill be wee Austria and tile allies, to be declared l Sover, like a friendly set-to of prize-fighters, tier theu first knock down ; it is not a contest ,r tl e specuLial aggrandlizleent o' .Sardinia ; , ud iineh less is it an attempt to secure Aus 'iia l te more eifective possession of hier he allic-s have gone into it profe.ssedly for Lher obi'ects, the exeited masses of Italy con miplatte other objects, amid the senitimnents of urope, ai~ the envlizedl world will demiand ercz results. Theli struggle is o~ne for theV nianzipationi of Ituly frotm Anst.r'ian domtinion t idi aly other end would be an essetiail fail re. .lf the disconttent of the I~dian people a s'xtlicienxt g'rounid for the expulsion of Aus- a ia frm a part of Lomibardy, it would bep flicient for her expulsion from the whole of nor can anything short of the liberation of aly answer the demands of the '-risis. TheT ternative before the war~ wais war or revohui. )n, and ii. alt~mative n'ow is, liberation SATvN~s MIARKS tN TiIK $ivt5:.-A & ( tt at lee, on goilly into moy baeck yard where a a ~shly killed 'pig bad'just been hung up, a al an .who knew .1 wa curious in such miatters, te id, " There, now, there's the mark as Satan sC tde in the herd of swine before they ran in wn the cliff into the sea,'' pointing to live d< rk mi:arks on the skin of the iinside of each itx e log. On myl qjuestioning him, lie assured sit had never seen a pig without them (I have m ece looked at five and they had the same;) of d he said the tradition was that all swine di: d them ever sineathe casting out of the ro vils which destroyed the herd in the sea. l rqueries are, does this mark always exist?7 In >w do antomists account for it ?-otes and th Leries. of a i iwi l'HE SiN oF DANcIN4G.-Rev. James T. spi rining, the Presbyterian minister of Buffalo, WI 0os0 !ectur:.3 on " The. Christian Law of an lusemnent" have occasioned some comments, an n favor of dancing, at least as it is prac- we ad, " on the highlands of Scotland and the we en swards of Switzerland, and in the rural inls tricts of Germany." He objects strongly we fashionable suppers and parties, and would nal m to speak in the following passage not he bout personal observation.) 'Why, I have sat beside a professing Chris i woinan in one of the beautiful parlors ] a fashionable metropolitan avenue, whose i cled neck, and cars, and fingers, and daz- fen. ig brocade, as much as said to thei assem- abt i guests, "none of your dresses cost as dh as mine ;" and then I have seen her go cas the supper room and eat enough to mrake stai vine have gripes of conscience, and then hav te out, obese, arid panting for breath, made Dia vellously religious by sand wiches and doe rnpaigne, and wind up the farce with a pi- 'I discourse on the sin of dancing. Now, I Nei ik the~t if she had transported a portion nev, ier conscience front her slippers to her crut sach, though she might have an inch or mer less of phylactery, the loss would have and a compensated by severaladditionalyards The Tnn BLUE RIDoE RAILRoAD.--To-day we tive an editorial from the Columbia Souti Carolinian, showing the condition cf the wor now progressing on the abcve named road We are rejoiced to stata to the friends of th< road at the work is not abandoned, but that ng efforts are being employed to bring abou ,speedy completion. It is the opinion of many in this District that the enterprise has long since been deserted, and numbered among one of the folies of the State. They will learn quite a different tale if they will read for themselves. The subject is taking hold upon the minds of the people ind the road is ganling friends. We look upon the ultimate completion of this work as a fixed fart. The intelligence of the people of the State of South Carolna will not allow a little increase in their taxes to be such a scare crow as to induce them to abandon a great and desired railroad connection, the result of which must inevitable enrich the resources of the whole State. It is to be much deplor. ed that the actionof the last Legislature refused further aid to the enterprise. The conse quence is, the operations have been greatly retarded. We entertain the hope that the ap proaching session will reverse the action of the last. We see signs in some parts of the State which lead us to this conclusion. In Edgefleld the people are most likely to in struct their representatives to favor this road at the next session. See an extract in te day's paper from the Advertiser. Even if the next Legislature should withhold aid, we will not consider the project abandoned. In 1860 there will be a general election in the State, and the Blue Ridge question will be made an issue. The friends of the road will then put the matter before the people in its true light, and we has: little fears of its success. The Pickens Courier in speaking of the work, says the largest and most difficult part of the tunnel has been completed.-Kingstree Star. AFiLicANs n; Mississippi.-The following paragraph of a letter from Artesian Spring, Mississippi, to the Galveston News, gives us new ideas about the manners and personal appearance of some of the recently imported Africans : I have this morning returned from a visit to Mr. Smith's plantation, near Canton, Mis issippi. He has sixteen of the real bona fide Atricans; all youug and likely. They look like our negros, work well, plant corn, hoe cot ton, &c. Two of them can do as much work as an American negro, and Pompey, one more intelligent than the rest, can do as much nouw as an ordinary fiL:d hand. They are learning to speak our language. Pom pey converses very well. They are not wild, but on the contrary, very docile and good ser vants They have been in America some four or thi brands and the head when a Dauy. They have a perfect horror of going back where they came from-to Africa. On be. ing questioned as to where they are from, &c., ;hey say from Arkansas, others from Geergia, kc. Mr. Smith has ben offered $16,000 for he lot, and refused. PLA.YN CukDS'vTuE 0RIGIN; OF PRINTING. -The Art Journal says that it is partly to he use of playing cards that we are indebted o- the invention which has been justly re arded as one of the greatest benefits grant ~d to mankind. The first cards were printed mith the hands. They were subsequently made noro rapidly by a process called stenciling, hamt is, by cutting the rinde formns through a >iece ofi patbad parchment, or thin metal, whichi phtee-d on the cardl-board intenided to uceim-e the imnpression, was brushed over with ak or color, which passed through the cut put lines, and imparted the figure to the nia- i Brial beneath. A further improvement was andc by cutting the figure upon blocks of I rood and literally printing them on the cards. The card blocks are supposed to have given I is first idea of wood engraving. When peo le saw thd elf.:ets of cutting the figures of I 1e cards upon blcks, they began iln the I nime manner, and then applied the matter to thier snbjects, cutting in like manner the few < ords of necess-ary explanation. This practice irther expanded itself into what are called] t lock hooks conisinig .if pictorial subjects, e ith copious explanatory texts. Some one s lengtli hit upon the idea of cutting the c xges of a regular bookc on so many blocks of t ood, and taking impressions on paper or Alum, instead of writing the manuscript ;and r is plan wa- soon further improved by cutting a tters or words on separate pieces of wood, t id setting them up together to form pages. be wood was subsequently superseded by met ,and thus originated the noble art of THE WE.EPINiG WILLOW CATERPILLARS. inday many of the weeping willow cater lIars camne down fromt the weeping willow ces, on the folinge of which they hadl beent eding until .st~siled, andI are now deliber, oly aeeking places of rest where thcy can vait thd mysterious and wonderful change ai ipointed to themu by the All Glorious Crea- si r of the Universe. They thus teach a les- t< n to proud man in the care they mnanifest , preparing for a change, evidencing a wis- tt m that ini the human mind would be one of au brightest adorninga. I lifted from the ci he walk such of these humble insects as I of ~t, and carefully transferred them to a place safety. In forty-eight hours they will robe themselves of the rough worm coat, l it up snugly in a round ball, lay it care- 01 ly aside, and then assume a chrysalis state. PC twelve days more they will emerge fromi PC Schrysalis, bright and bsautiful butterflies h the richest plumage, with wings adornetd a th feathers of the bright royal purple, n mngled with the richest gold. Then they ha 1 soar on the wings of the wind and sport - ong the flowers, and feast upon their- aroma ni I their fragrance. What a change--how nderful, yet a reality; the leaves of the on eping willow are no longer food for the h rct in its new state of existence. How a' nderful ! This is an every day lesson that D are teaches to man, yet what a dull scholar is I lrooklyn Heights, June 21, '59.. IARD MASTERs-The Memphis, Avalanche, ~alling attention to the mistreatment of a lisi ale slave, who had been most inhumanly chi sed, says: fac Sremarkable fatin connection with these s is of cruelty to slaves is, that in every- in- on ice the perpetrators of the inhuman acts h e beeii nien raised North of Mason and to on's line, who were nurtured in all the ;rines of Abolitionism. -J he person referred to above is a native of anc rYork. In all our experience we have mal ~r known a Southern man guilty of such and Ity to slaves as that practised by northern ble' who have taken up their abode amon us, to I become so fortunate .as to own sav erie worst Abolitionists, it seems, make the deri huarme1... and crul d ..sr.... 3. The Zouaves. The following description of the Zonaves the most efficient portion of the French army is taken from the report of Captain* George B. McClellan who was one -of the United States mili-.ary officers sent to the seat of war in Europe, in 1855, to collect information on military subjects: The dress of the Zonave is of the Arab pat tern, the cap is a long fig, or skull cap, of scarlet felt, with a tassel, a turban is worn over - this in full dress; a cloth vest and a loose'X jacket, which leave the neck unencumbered by collar, stock or cravat, cover the- upper portion of his body, and allow free. movement of the arms ; the scarlet pants are of the loose Oriental pattern, and are tucked under gar ters like those of the foot rifles of the gaud ; the overcoat is a loose cloak, with a hood ; the Chasseurs wear a similar one. TMJ men say that this is the most ccnvenient dress possible, and prefer it to any other. The Zouaves are all French ; they are select ed from among the old campaigners for their fine p ysique and tried courage, and have cer tainly proved that they are, -hat their ap pearance would indicate, the most reckless, self-reliant and complete infantry that Eurepe can produce. With this graceful dress, sol dierly bearing, and vilgilant attitude, the Zou ave at an outpost is the beau ideaLof a soldier. The neglect no opportunity of adding to their personal comforts; if there is a stream in the vicinity, the party marching on picket is sure to he amply sup plied with fishing rods, &c.; if anything is to be had, the Zou aves are quite certain to obtain it. Their movements are the most light and graceful I have ever seen ; the stride is long, but the foot seems scarcely to touch the ground, and the arch is apparently made without effort or igue. The step of the foot rifles is shorter and quicker, and not so and graceful. The impression produced y the appearace of these two corps is very difierent; the- rl4es look like active, energetic little feliowu, who would find their best field as skinmers.; but the Zouaves have, combined with all -the ac tivity and energy of the others, that solid en semble and reckless dare-devil individuality, which would render them alike formidable when attacking in a mass, or defending a position in the most desperate hand-to-band encounter. Of all the troops that I have ever ieen, I should esteem it the greatest honor to assist in defeating the Zouave.. The grena diers of the guard are all large men, and a fine looking, soldierly set. The voltigeurs are small, active men, but larger than the rifles. They are light .infantry. ADMI1sTRATIoN OF MR. BUcHANAN. The Salem Advocate gives the following ae eurate and concise enumeration of Mr. Lch 4nan31's labors as President of the United States: " He.has accomplished everythin.' he pro "nea4 ;n ix nutset. so far as the pubBe agen persoUA popelAd "He hasuphMel he tegrity or iw ititution, preserved the Union unimpaired, nd will transmit to his successor an example of official purity and patriotism, unsurpassed in our republican annals. le has done all hat an honest and able statesman could do, n a few eventfid years, to carry out-the tradi ;ional policy of the government; and, on his wn behalf, he asks of his fellow-citizens iothing inore than to be permitted to retire .o the walks of private life, and enjoy with heni the fruits and blessings of this liberal olicy.' GENERviUs AND GoLDulf CAI.oNA.--The ?hiiladelphia Presse says: We saw, on Tuesday, a nice lit tle block of :Oifnpact virgin gold, addressed to.Ann Pamela haningham, amounting in value tothreethou and three hundred and thirty dollars, the re ult of only one month's Californian contribu ions to the Mount Vernon funil. This pretty mugget was received through the enterprising iouse of Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co., from Irs. Magdalen Gordon Blanding, the accom lished vice-regent of the Mount Vernon As ociation for that prosperous State. We are ighly gratified tha our eyes have been so de. ghted at the sight of such a substantial 'roof of the noble generosity and spirit eviri ed by our California sisters, in behalf of that ationial enterprise, the purchase of Washing mn's Home. Such results must be truly en ouraging to the regent, who has been thus far a wonderfully successful in the appointment f such a band of noble and accomplished wo aen to represent, for this sacred purpose, each tate of our favored Union. This national, ugget was transferred to the mint, for coin ge, and will speedily re-appear, no doubt, in ie current form of goiden coin. A FAMrLY PART.-Such a family gather. Lg, as met at the house of Samuel Spencer, sq., in Guilford, last week, .on the occasion his 84th birth day, is IJ m ten aeen. It as a surprise party of his ebo !ren, grand iildren1 and great pnd-eb de mn man )ont earty in all WJS con~gugate at hi >ae withoet previu notice, anid ulyread botifu repans which~ was heartily eryjoyed, a Spencer is still a VigO.-ots old 'entletnan1 ad has spent an active life in bninas pur its. In 1812, he was the agent for the wa, and for sixteen years a merchant in Sa nnah,.Ga. At the age of'lOehe represented e 6th Senatorial District in the Legislature ad has been through life an ardent Demo at. We hope he will see " many returns the day."-New Haven Register. SHALL wE GIvi PRAISE AND THANE$GIYING, tSHALtI WE FASr~AND PRAY.--A corres ndent of the Newberry Rising Sun pro sea that the district of Neirberry celebrate a 4th of-July at Reid's Springs, and that~ linner be given, to Gen. Bonhiam and to iv. Hammond. Says the correspondent, Ls citizens of this glorious republic, we reo every reason to cherish fondly this an cersary of our- nation's birth." A. correspondentof the Winnsboro Register, the other hand, thinking that our glory a departed, suggests that it be set apart " as ay of fasting, humiliation and praye.r."~ etes may differ, but .notwithstanding the public will continue to grow in stature and ry. We rather prefer the festival- to the' t.-South Carolinian. . ~IMPINGO FoR $5,000.-We, Ssieekub led a challenge, signed Robert Bruce Way, llenging any man n -America to jump him tree jumps," for $5,000 a side. Ten thou d dollars is rather alarge sum to wager. this kind-of athletic exercise. Does any ly feel himself agile and confident enough akte the matter upi-Porters Spirit. LTexas paper says that a squad of Cam hes lately got after a bald-headed white a who was hunting onithe San Saba River, had nearly overtaken him, when his hat r off and exposed his shining bald pate he astonished gaze. The savages halted, dI "Seslpedl scalped l and stoud won nethra tenena an. he